110 



AECTlADiE. 



wing crimson, with some semihyaline white in, below, and beyond 

 cell. 



Ilah. Jamaica ; Brazil, Petropolis, E-io Janeiro, Coll. Schaus. 

 Exp., (S 76, 2 84 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



3 385. Elysius conspersa. 



Elymis conspersus,W\\i.\u..1\4L (1855); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 

 p. 91, pi. 9. f. 25; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. 



(S . Head and thorax orange and scarlet ; antennae brown ; 

 tegulse and patagia with brown points ; thorax with dorsal brown 

 stripe ; pectus, coxae, and femora scarlet ; tibiae and tarsi brown ; 

 abdomen orange, with segmental dorsal black bands, the hair on 

 dorsum crimson. Fore wing orange thickly mottled with scarlet; 



Fig. 81. — Elysius conspersa, (^ . \. 



the veins and margins black-brown ; a curved subbasal dark line 

 from costa to vein 1 ; a medial brown band with waved edges ; a 

 curved band across end of cell to the wide terminal band, which 

 encloses some scarlet and orange spots between vein 4 and costa 

 and expands below vein 4, Hind wing yellowish white, the mar- 

 ginal areas suffused with crimson. 



$ . Fore wing with the brown markings less distinct ; the 

 terminal area scarlet and orange, leaving an obscure postmedial 

 brown band conjoined to the band across discocellulars. 



Hah, Panama, Bugaba, Chiriqui {Champion), 2 5 , Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. ; Colombia, Bio San Juan, 1 $ ; Amazons, Para (Bates), 

 1 cS type. Exp., cS 52, 2 66 millim. 



1386. Elysius hermia. 



Bomhyx hermia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 185. F (1779) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 220. 



<S . Head and thorax orange and scarlet ; palpi with the 3rd 

 joint brown ; antennae brown ; tegulae with brown points, j^atagia 

 edged with brown ; legs striped with brown ; abdomen orange, 

 dorsally crimson towards base, the last four segments with dorsal 

 black bars. P'ore wing yellow, very thickly mottled with brown : 

 an oblique crimson-marked yellow band at base conjoined at vein 1 



